[2021] DLC does not allow internet radio streams

Hey all,

Hopped on a build server after being very hyped for custom radio URL streams. This feature seems to have been disabled / not included / removed from release.

Boomboxes can play:

A list of common / popular radio streams Facepunch added and (I assume?) approved for the game
Features to disable the sound from the internet streams

Boomboxes can not play:

Custom internet radio feeds that you put in lists

Just thought I'd throw this here and maybe get a response on status or reason for this, as some gameplay footage before showed that this was possible.

Disclaimer: I bought DLC and then refunded on steam after testing it. Would love to buy it again when feature gets added.

Edit: Made it more clear what exists and what doesn't

External link →

The DLC does allow internet radio streams but only from a prepicked list. Servers owners can add to this list and we'll likely add more in future.

We've never advertised this feature, it was on Staging for a short period of time for testing. The reason for the removal of the player-defined list was upon review and as pointed out by multiple community members it would leak all IP addresses of players within range of the radio (MITM) which opens it up to the abuse of players getting DOS'ed and had multiple other exploit vectors.

While these vectors can be fixed we'd have to masks everything, which breaks most radio stations ToS and we'd be streaming music ourselves which is a big no, and we're definitely not going to do that, we're not Spotify.

In short - It be cool to have, but for your safety, we're not and never will. If you've bought it purely for this functionally please refund.

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